Finland's second largest mining raises production to $ 150 million investment, the emissions also decrease, thanks to the electric mining cars

the second great mining war in the village Kevitsassa to increase production by a total of eur 150 million investment in three years. Lapland considerable, half a billion euros, the construction investment Kevitsa is currently the largest.

Kevitsa owner, the Swedish company Boliden AB, the investment in the mine about 150 million euros in the 2018-2022 period. The most significant part of the investment is ore concentrates of fragmenting the use of a giant mill equipment.

It cost 80 million euros.

– I think it is now the largest mill in Finland. The drum has a diameter of ten meters and also the length is almost ten meters. Its power is a total of 14 mega watts, presents the Kevitsa concentrator project manager, Peter Nysted .

in a Huge gear-free ore grinder murskaamosta come in big and small ore rocks grind each other finer stone and ore granules inside. The chopped material is led to crush after the chemical processing, ore separation in.

the New mill, a test run is started before the year 2019, the end of the year and full production reached by the end of march. Jarmo Honkanen / YleUuden mill capacity half of the year production increasing

the New mill increases the Kevitsa production capacity briskly. Its crushing capacity is alone about half past three the mill on the common production capacity.

– New mill able to increase production to a peak of about four million tonnes and the old mill district with we can get a total of up to ten million tonnes of ore concentrate. We have a valid permit, says project manager Peter Nysted.

in the Year 2019 ore concentrate production remains still the previous year's level, but already in 2020 the mining of ore production growth target, which is 9.5 million tonnes.

– the Goal is that we start the test now before December 2019. After that, we add the production of the normal or maximum capacity before the year 2020 the first quarter of the expiry of the said Nysted.

Workers have already more than 500

Kevitsa mine is terra fame of the Sotkamo mine after Finland, the second largest mining based on the amount. In the municipality of sotkamo, the total extraction amount was in the year 2018 to approximately eur 42.1 million tonnes.

In 2018 Kevitsa mine was mined waste rock to (you move to another service) (Dig.en) a total of 33.4 Mt. In addition, the ore concentrates production (switch to another service) (Boliden, PDF-file) was a year 2018 approximately 7.6 Mb.

Kevitsa mining of new stone mill is the concentrator in the new part.Raimo Torikka / Yle

Kevitsa mining the number of employees has been increasing in recent years, in 2018, the figure was 450. The mining director of the Peter Bergman according to the increasing production, however, requires still more factors.

We now have about 500 and the number will rise to about 550 employees in the year 2020 during. It's going to be the workers the largest amount of the current mineral resources function, says Peter Bergman.

Ore is enough for another 15 years

Bergman, according to the production of lift after the Kevitsa known ore reserves are sufficient to the year 2034.

– plans to reach now to the year 2034 until, so based on we continue to 14-15 years at the current ore resources. But we do work it increase.

Bergman emphasises, however, that Kevitsassa no longer looking for ore in the forest, but stay on the current mine area.

we Work in the same pit, but we're looking for ways to increase production at a lower cost. It is our way to get more ore.

electric haulers reduce carbon footprint

Boliden has acquired the kevitsa total of 17 new mining trucks. They replace the previous use of the smaller ore and wall rock material in the transport used dumppereita.

a New stone car have been submitted to the Kevitsa mining for parts, so the cars will be assembled legoauto of the way on the ground. At the same time most of them will be installed electric motors, where they can be more effective.

we're Replacing diesel use electricity, so we can get a reduced the mine's carbon dioxide emissions. In addition, trucks are able to drive faster up the mine basis, so that increases their productivity, told the Kevitsa mine director Peter Bergman.

Kevitsa get stone cars will be assembled at the mine and at the same time most of them also amends the electricity use.Raimo Torikka / Yle

Bergman, the total investment account of the production of carbon dioxide emissions reduced by 18 per cent.

electronic printed displaying the cars not installed batteries, but mine will be built almost two miles long of electric vehicle infrastructure. Stone cars get their power from the power line, in the same way as the electric trains above the pass of avokaapeleista.

Boliden in recent years has already started aitik's kaivoksellaan in Northern Sweden, gällivare had to fit their try of transport electrification in order to. Both mines the diesel fuel consumption is reduced by about 5.5 million gallons.

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